my kid's laptop WD caviour black failed within 4 years. still under the 5 year warranty. i got a new one from WD, same capacity (500GB) but advanced format, restored from acronis image and it worked fine except for windows update refusing to update. i wasted several hours going through the official MS troubleshooting for this issue (10 different long procedures to fix it, none of them worked). Finally if found about Intel® Rapid Storage Technology by googling. Initially i was skeptical because:
1. windows support never mentioned it
2. it was supposed to be for 64bit windows (mine is 32bit)
3. the download was from HP, the laptop is gateway
4. there is no RAID or anything fancy in the old laptop
5. it was just a simple HD swap.
however, it fixed the problem.
what is going on and why i needed the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology?
1. windows support never mentioned it
2. it was supposed to be for 64bit windows (mine is 32bit)
3. the download was from HP, the laptop is gateway
4. there is no RAID or anything fancy in the old laptop
5. it was just a simple HD swap.
however, it fixed the problem.
what is going on and why i needed the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology?